The Africa Bitcoin Institute
@AfriBitInst
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The Africa Bitcoin Institute (ABI) serves as a think tank that provides research, analysis, and policy recommendations specifically for Africans.
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Joined July 2023
🎙️ Join us for a landmark X Space: Celebrating incredible women driving Bitcoin adoption across the continent! We’re gathering pioneering women from around Africa to share their journeys, insights, and visions for how Bitcoin is shaping Africa’s economic landscape. Amazing
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Nigeria’s payment rails are modernising, but access is shrinking. Banks are closing low-balance accounts in a country where only 52% are banked and poverty is rising. And despite ~93% mobile penetration, mobile-money use remains weak compared to elsewhere in Africa, citing
africabitcoininstitute.com
Nigeria is upgrading its financial backbone. The rollout of the National Payment Stack (NPS) promises instant settlement, unified data standards and programmable rails that increase speed and inter…
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On the State of Bitcoin Literature in Africa: 📊 Evidence from Budree et al. (2023) shows blockchain can lower costs, improve recordkeeping and support digital IDs for wider financial access in South Africa. Key stats: 🔹 54% account ownership in developing countries vs 94%
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What a South African Study Reveals About Blockchain’s Potential to Support Africa’s Unbanked Using Blockchain Technology in Providing Mobile Financial Services to Alleviate Financial Exclusion in S…
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South Africa’s Kganyago warns some stablecoins may undermine African monetary authority
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South African central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says stablecoins and other crypto currencies derivatives may end up usurping African monetary sovereignty if not properly regulated. `’The...
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Yesterday, @jeremyalmond of @paystand made the case for Bitcoin circular economies as a catalyst for change at an event held during the United Nations' General Assembly week. He called to bitcoin "freedom money" and "savings technology for the world." https://t.co/v5qmxszavm
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Paystand CEO and co-founder Jeremy Almond speaks to the power of Bitcoin circular economies at an event associated with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly week.
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Insightful report by @afribitcoiners -> While global Bitcoin mining is measured in hash rates, in Africa, it’s about cheap energy, electrification, and inclusion. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia mines 1 BTC for $1,986 vs $107k in the U.S. 🇲🇼 Malawi’s mini-grids have lit 1,800 homes. 🌍 Yet 600M
We are proud to announce the release of our landmark report, "Bitcoin Mining in Africa: Powering a New Era (2025–2030)". This is your essential guide to understanding how Africa is charting a more responsible, sustainable, and profoundly renewable path for Bitcoin mining. A
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"Africa is a place where people are ACTUALLY using Bitcoin peer-to-peer." That’s why there’s a need for institutions like @AfriBitInst: native-driven policy that’s NOT just “copy-pasting” from Washington D.C.
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Excited to join @HRF x @PubKey for a conversation on Rwanda, human rights, and the Africa Bitcoin Institute with @femilonge. @AfriBitInst
We're excited for tomorrow night! @HRF x PubKey: Surviving Genocide, Human Rights, and the Africa Bitcoin Institute. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from @femilonge & @AnaiseKanimba! This is a FREE & PUBLIC event 🧡🍻🙏 RSVP: https://t.co/IaV2dviC3u
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🚨Just a few more days left to apply for the Research Fellow position at the Africa Bitcoin Institute! Applications close soon. Don’t miss the chance to contribute to Bitcoin policy research for Africa. Apply now 👉
🚨 The Africa Bitcoin Institute is hiring Research Fellows! Explore how Bitcoin can advance financial inclusion, cross-border trade, energy investment, innovation, and regulatory development in Africa. 💼 Paid | 🌍 Remote | 📅 Apply by June 30 🔗
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Bitcoin comes to Kibera, with risks and rewards https://t.co/MbArRoTs5p via @Mshale
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AfriBit Africa, a Kenyan fintech company, has introdcued bitcoin in Sowesto West, a neighborhood of the Kibera slum in Kenya ‘s capita, Nairobi.
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We’re proud to sponsor the Bitcoin Policy Summit and be part of this global conversation. As Africa’s leading Bitcoin policy institute, we’re advancing conversations on how Bitcoin empowers financial inclusion, cross-border trade, and innovation across the continent. 🔴Tune
Thank you to @AfriBitInst, @avalonfinance_, @babylonlabs_io, @BTCStudents, @Bitmentco, and @BlockSpaces_io for supporting the future of Bitcoin policy in the U.S.
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America is moving toward a pro-Bitcoin future, but the real work has just begun. Join the 2025 Bitcoin Policy Summit livestream tomorrow at 8:30 AM EDT as leaders chart what's next. ⬛X: Follow @btcpolicyorg 🟩Rumble: https://t.co/BHy0PvHJIe 🟥Youtube: https://t.co/ISaFcpP8CU
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🚨 The Africa Bitcoin Institute is hiring Research Fellows! Explore how Bitcoin can advance financial inclusion, cross-border trade, energy investment, innovation, and regulatory development in Africa. 💼 Paid | 🌍 Remote | 📅 Apply by June 30 🔗
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📣 A landmark South African court ruling has declared that crypto is not "money" under current exchange control laws. This legal gap highlights the urgent need for updated digital asset policy across the continent. 🔗 Read more:
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South Africa’s antiquated exchange control regulations do not apply to cryptocurrencies and require urgent reform, the Pretoria High Court has said.
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Kenyans have expressed outrage over the detention of a software developer who created a tool to help people oppose the government's annual finance bill because of fears that it will raise the cost of living. https://t.co/9wQGTr65cX
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How do African retailers manage trust and risk when using crypto for cross-border payments? Joy David and @atta_addo PhD, provide real-world answers in their new research 📄 Full article:
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Developing countries are recording high cryptocurrency adoption rates surpassing more advanced economies. Considering that this is the opposite of the realities of most other technologies in these...
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